Button-fastener



H. ROOT.

BUTTDN FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28,1919.

1,3473? 5 9. Patented July 27, 1920.

este? IN V EN TOR. QUBV R007 A TTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUBY ROOT, or SAN iiIriGo, CALIFORNIA.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

To all eli/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RUBY Roo'r, a citizen of the United States, residingat San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, haveinvented a certain new and useful Button-Fastener, of Which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a button fastener for securing buttons toWearing apparel, more particularly buttons With an extended lug with ahole therein and the objects of my invention are: first, to provide afastener for securing buttons to Wearing apparel which will not lose outor tear the cloth; second, to lprovide a fastener of this class whichmay be used in connection with any kind or class of Wearing apparel andwith any kind or class of button with a projecting portion; third, toprovide a fastener of this class which will not loosen and Which Willnot catch on articles that cont-act therewith and fourth, to provide afastener of this class which is very simple and economical ofconstruction` durable, easy to connect with the button and which willnot readily deteriorate or get out of order.

lV ith these and other objects in view as Will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination'and arrangement of parts and portions as .vill behereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and tothe characters of reference thereon which form a part of thisapplication, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a coat with the buttons in positionthereon; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the button structure alone; Fim 3is a side elevational view of the button and fastener shown in positionon a garment lapel, which garment lapel is shown in section tofacilitate the illustration; F l an inner elevational view of thefastener alone and Fig. 5 is an edge view thereof.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The button member l, disk member 2, spring member 3 and latch member 4constitute the principal parts and portions of my button fastener.

The button l is of the conventional form of button with an extended lugl adapted to extend into a small hole in the garment Speecatcn ofLetters Patent. Pttd J '27, lgo, Application sied pin wie.' seriaiivo.293.316,`

and provided with hole l" therethrough. The fastener portion consists ofa disk 2 of suitable size say approximately onefourth to one-third thesize of the button and may be either straight or concavo-conveX in form.Secured to the inner side of this member 2 is a spring member 3 Which ispreferably provided with a coil 3 and secured near the side. vIt isprovided with an offset portion 3b adapted for the hole lb in the lug laadapted to prevent the movement of the spring 3 relative to said lug li1when in position therein. The extended end of the spring 3 engages alatch l which is preferably a double latch as shown best in F ig. 5 andvof sufficient Width so that the end of the spring is covered to preventits engagement with articles with which it may come lin Contact and thelatch member 4L being so formed for interlocking With the end of thespring member 3 so that it will not be disengaged except by forcedpressure for such purpose.

It is obvious that with this construction there is provided a means forsecuring buttons to garments of different class which Will not lose olfand which Will not pull through the hole through Which a portion of thebutton protrudes, and in which the relation of the fastener with thebutton is al-V Ways maintained so that the lug of the button isintermediate the ends of the spring member 3 at all times, that thedevice as a Whole'is very simple and economical of construction, durableand Will not loosen, lose off or deteriorate.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Leters Patent, is:

l. In a device of the class described, the combination with aconventional button with an extended lug, of a disk member, a

spring member provided with an offset therein adapted to engage thelug'of the but` ton and rigidly secured to one side of said disk memberand an interlocking latch se-V 2 Y l 1,347,759y

disk adapted to receive the other end of said spring pin. Y' Y i 3. In adevice of the classl described, the combination With a conventionalbutton with a lug With a hole therein, of al' spring i member providedwith an offset adapted to fit in said hole, a disk to Which one end ofsaid spring member is rigidly secured at one side thereof, a latchrigidly secured to Y the opposite side of said disk adapted to re- 10 Intestimony whereof, have hereunto 15 set my hand at San Diego Californiathis 18 day of April 1919.

f' RUBY ROOT.

